Mimmy and Sophie: All Around the Town

Mimmy and Sophie aren’t ready to go home yet! The sisters return for six more adventures in this chapter-book sequel to the highly-reviewed picture book, Mimmy and Sophie. Mimmy, 6, and Sophie, 4, have great fun in simple ways while living in Brooklyn during the 1930’s Great Depression. Like all sisters, they often don’t get along, but they’re always there for each other when it counts.The book opens to find the whole gang on the way to find buried treasure “In The Alley,” and Sophie may know more than the older kids give her credit for. “Coney Island” is a vivid memory of a family trip to the famous amusement pier, where the girls think of a way to make the most of their money. In “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!,” Sophie tries to keep up with her big sister while playing school on the front steps. Next, the girls are on their own for an afternoon at the Grand Movie Palace in “At The Movies.” It’s spring in “Liverwurst Stockings,” and Mimmy and Sophie go play in the muddy vacant lot so the other kids don’t see they still have to wear their winter stockings. In the last chapter, Mimmy doesn’t believe Sophie’s story that she went to “Babyland” all by herself.